Dried Insect Digitization Workshop

Dried Insect Digitization Workshop Wiki

This wiki contains materials supporting iDigBio's dried insects digitization workshop to be held at The Field Museum, April 24-25, 2013. Included are links to resources, outlines, and training materials related to digitizing dried insect collections.

Workshop Outlines and Agenda

• Draft Workshop Agenda

Volunteers and Public Participation

• Flemons & Berents: Image based Digitisation of Entomology Collections: Leveraging volunteers to increase digitization capacity

Imaging

• Bertone, et. al: Results and insights from the NCSU Insect Museum GigaPan project
• Mantle, et. al: Whole-drawer imaging for digital management and curation of a large entomological collection
• [http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/assets/files/science/digitisation/volunteer-procedure-macrophotography%2028%20May%202012.pdf South Australian Museum Procedures Manual Supplement:

Macrophotography]

• [http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/assets/files/science/digitisation/volunteer-procedure-microphotography%2028%20May%202012.pdf South Australian Museum Procedures Manual Supplement:

Microphotography]

Imaging Equipment

• Hirox KH-8700